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12 Aug

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The tech community has a well-documented diversity problem, and the sense within Silicon Valley that something needs to be done about it is getting more acute. But if you look at any of the diversity reports coming out of Google, Facebook, Yahoo, and other major tech companies, it's clear there's a long way to go. Company demographics have changed little over the past year, and I’m frankly not surprised.

11 Aug

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Shortly after joining Pixar Studios, Danielle Feinberg was faced with a situation that proved to be pivotal in her tech career. Her team was quickly approaching an important deadline and on track to make it until someone pulled her aside and led her to the studio’s circuit breaker. There had been a small explosion and the power needed to be shut off for several hours, or risk another explosion that may have caused a shutdown lasting several days.

10 Aug

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THE OBAMA ADMINISTRATION is joining the call for more diversity in tech. Today, a battery of major tech companies, like Box and Amazon, as well as high-profile venture capital firms are announcing concrete commitments to increase and foster diversity in their ranks. The announcement is part of the White House’s first ever Demo Day, which kicks off later this afternoon and will showcase startups whose founders come from diverse backgrounds that are largely underrepresented in the tech community.

07 Aug

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By Charisse Lillie, Vice President, Community Investment, Comcast Corporation, and President, Comcast Foundation in Diversity The issue of increasing diversity in the tech arena has garnered a lot of attention lately and is an area in which we have been fully engaged for the past five years. If we are going to be successful in closing racial disparities in the Tech Sector, it will take real and sustained partnerships in minority communities throughout the United States. At Comcast NBCUniversal, we have worked hard to create many such partnerships, including a significant partnership with the National Urban League (NUL), which held its Annual Conference in Florida last week.